UPDATE: sometime in the summer of 2018, Manchu quit producing sperm. We finally tested and confirmed in spring of 2019. He had a long run and produced many outstanding cria. We are thrilled to still have daughters, sons and grandlkids still in the herd. He is retired to live out his time in the old guys pasture. Thanks Manchu!! 2015 Histogram just in AFD 24.3 SD 4.4 CF 92.2 Medulation 5.2 AT 11 YEARS OLD!! 9 Time Champion/Reserve ~ 12 First Place Awards! FULL ACCOYO! Here is what Amanda VandenBosch had to say when she evaluated him for us this February 2006…… “Overall this male is excellent! He is a strong male with excellent substance of bone. He has a triangular head shape with a broad muzzle and good distance from eye to lower face. He is true to type thru his head and overall proportions, exhibiting fineness, uniformity of character throughout the blanket and excellent density for fineness. True Herdsire prospect! As you can see from his histograms over the years he is VERY consistent. He sheared 13.9 POUNDS in his 2008 annual shearing. 14.2 lbs in his 2009 annual shearing, 14.8 lbs in his 2010 shearing. WOW. DENSE. 2007 Skin biopsy - Follicular Density of 61; S/P Ratio 11/1 Age 15 mo. (Watts 2006) His 2008 Fleece (4 years old – D age category) Scored 80.5 points at AOBA Nationals 08; Fineness/Handle 18/20!; Crimp 8/10! Manchu was still winning Fleece Championships at 5 years of age. His 2009 Fleece took Reserve Color Champion!! At 10 years of age - 2014 IAO Reserve Longevity of Fineness Champion!! Manchu’s progeny exhibit all the qualities of their sire. Of the 98 progeny on the ground, 50 have been shown, 21 of those have bannered!!! Almost 1/2 that show, WIN!! Outstanding female crias swept 4 SHOWS. 3 Shows in A ROW fall of 2010 winning Reserve and Color Champion at EACH SHOW! AlpacaMania 2010; Gold Country Gathering 2010; National Elite 2010 and in 2011 the California Classic. Excellent males sweep white in 2012 California Classic; 2013 IAO Cottage and 2014 Gold Country - WOW! 2017 EPDs TOP ONE PERCENT in TWO TRAITS! AFD -1.836 Rank 3.15% Top 5% SDAFD -0.351 Rank 12.79% Top 15% SF -1.756 Rank 4.31% Top 5% %F>30 -6.554 Rank 3.31% Top 5% MC 4.282 Rank 5.26% Top 10% %M -6.715 Rank 0.27% Top 1% MSL -0.168 Rank 53.5% FW 1.514 Rank 0.08% Top 1%

Summer is a solid production female who has consistantly given us outstanding, quality offspring, which is why we have kept her in our breeding program. She has been re-bred to our multiple champion Snowmass RRoyal Stars, the third densest alpaca follicle biopsy tested through Ian Watt. The offspring we have gotten out of this pairing have been stunners with incredible density and fineness, not to mention terrific conformation. This female is a solid production female who will give you a cria worthy of the show ring from this pairing. She has already done that with her daughter RR Sistine who took a second Place against some of the top whites in the country. This is an unbelievable opportunity. We are only selling our white herd so that we can focus exclusively on our colored breeding program and we are selling our best producers. RRoyal Stars' breedings sell for $3500...Check out what this match has made time and time again!

SOLD Quality breeds quality, at least most of the time! A quick look at RRoyal Stars ARI certificate will illustrate just how painstakingly the Skinners, at Snowmass Alpacas, constructed their breeding decisions to arrive at this offspring. We purchased mom as the second highest selling female at their 2007 auction. Roy has quietly ascended to the top of our breeding program and undeniably will be a major contributor. He is out of 2 outstanding Snowmass fawns. We believe that he is a "switch hitter" and expect that he will produce both great whites and more importantly color. Mom is one of our strongest foundation females and has produced champions repeatedly. Dad is one of the best Hemingway sons with an outstanding production record, including Herdsire of the Year, Snowmass XXXtreme (brown). He is incredibly dense, very fine, and his fleece "glows". It is extremely uniform with a baby soft hand. It breaks into long,silky, draping, opalescent locks belying his incredible fineness/density. 2009 was a breakout season for Roy. He brought raves from every judge who saw him and acquitted himself well against some of the best in the country. Follicle density testing (Ian Watt) Follicle density: 79.51 /mm2 S/P: 13.0:1 Dp:Ds ratio 1.42 " This is the 4th densest alpaca that we have tested in the US and the 5th in the world" (as of 6/30/09) (For comparison, El Nino was higher at 89.5 in follicle density, but had an S/P 12.5 compared to Roy's 13.0/1.) We have used RRoy across our herd now for three years with remarkable results in increased density and fineness. We are now using his best son RR Arturo (see his biopsy results) to replace his father in our colored program. RRoy's light fawn son, RR Bacchus just won FIRST PLACE and COLOR CHAMPION at his first show under Diana Timmerman. This is an opportunity to have one of the densest alpacas in this country working for you and improving your entire herd. Please feel free to call us to ask any questions or to discuss!